Improvement in envelopes



J. W. HU FFEN GT9 N 8; A, BU SKMAN Envelopes.

No. 134,142. Patented 0 c,24,1872.

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JOHN W. HUFFINGTON AND ALEXANDER BUCKMAN, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT m ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,142, dated December24, 1872; antedated December 18,

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anImproved Postal Envelope, of which the following is a specification Inthe country and out-of-the-way parts of a city or town it is oftendifficult to obtain postage-stamps. To obviate the inconvenienceresulting from such difliculty is the object of this invention 5 whichconsists of adetachable pocket so formed on a letter-envelope that itmay securely contain money to pay for the postage-stamp necessary tosend the letter to its destination, and that it may be torn ofl' withoutopening the envelope; said pocket bein g intended to be torn off by thepostmaster of the post-office wherethe letter is mailed, who will removeits contained money and stamp the letter.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view of the blank of theenvelope and pocket Fig. 2 is a face view of the envelope sealed butwith the pocket unsealed; and Fig. 3 is another view, showing the pocketalso sealed.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspon ding parts in theseveral figures.

a is the front central or main portion of the envelope; b b are its sideflaps; c is the bottom flap; and dis its seal-flap; all, except theseal-flap, substantially of the usual form. e f f9 9 designate thepocket formed on the middle portion of the edge of the seal-flap d. Thefront or central portion e of this pocket has formed on it two sideflaps, ff, and also two front flaps, g 9, between which there is anintermediate tab, h. At the connection of the seal-flap d and theportion e of the pocket there is a line of small perforations, 'i c, toenable the said portion to be easily torn ofl. The gum or adhesivematerial for'sealing the envelope is applied to the seal-flap 0? insideof this line e, and some is also applied to the inside of the the tab h.

The envelope-blank, with pocketpiece attached, formed as above describedand represented in Fig. 1, is gummed and folded in the usual manner-thatis to say, the side flaps b b are folded over each other on the dottedlinesi i; the bottom flap c is folded over them on the dotted line j;and the seal-flap d is folded over the dotted line k; all in the usualmanner, and the adhesion of the bottom flap and seal-flaps is produced.The side flaps f f of the pocket piece are folded inward on the dottedlines l I, and the front flaps g g are folded inward on the dotted linem, thereby forming the pocket, which is closed by turning it over on theenvelope, as shown in Fig. 3.

When the envelope is to be used, the sea1- flap is raised and the letterput into it in the usual way, and the said flap is then sealed. Thepocket is then turned back to the position shown in Fig. 2, and themoney put intojit. The tab his then moistened, and the pocket turnedover to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the tab sealed. This sealingkeeps the pocket closed and its contents secure till it reaches thepost-office at which it is to be mailed, where the pocket is torn oif onthe perforated line i by the postmaster, who takes out its contents andplaces a postage-stamp on the envelope.

Claim.

An envelope constructed with an exterior pocket formed of flaps e f gand tab h, substantially as shown and described, for the purposespecified. 7

JOHN W. HUFFINGTON. ALEX. BUOKMAN.

Witnesses FRED. HAYNES, R. E. RABEAU.

